So, I’m at the LHBS (that would be Local HomeBrew Supply) going down the list of ingredients for my next two batches and messed up (which totally never happens to a guy who drinks his own beer, ever). Instead of grabbing Perle hops for Paige’s Pale Ale, I misread my shopping list and thought I needed more Nugget. They were out of Nugget (because I’d grabbed the last one myself) and so I scanned the hop list on the side of the fridge and grabbed Chinook as a substitution. When brew day came up, I realized my mistake at the last minute and used the hop schedule I’d developed for my IPA since Chinook and Nugget are roughly equivalent in IBU and I didn’t have time to run inside and calculate out the new hop schedule.

Tasting notes: at first it was really “fresh”, which is to be expected. I found the Chinook hops to be rather hostile on the palate. Now that it’s mellowed a bit, it’s quite nice with a good hop bite. The note to self here is to get ahead on my brewing a bit so I can afford to rack the beer to secondary to let it age a little and get the harsh tones to settle in and mellow out. At first, it had what I swear was a salty taste to it; it’s still there but a lot less unpleasant and is even a plus to the beer now.

Color

Stats

OG

1.052

FG

1.013

IBU

74

ABV

5.0 %

SRM

8

Specifics

Boil Volume

6 gallons

Batch Size

5 gallons

Yeast

75% AA

Style Comparison

Low

High

OG

1.035

1.052

1.050

FG

0.098

1.013

1.012

IBU

8

74

22

SRM

2

8

8

ABV

3.5

5.0

5.1

Fermentables

% Weight

Weight (lbs)

Grain

Gravity Points

Color

77.8 %

7.00

Light Malt Extract Syrup

47.6

2.8

11.1 %

1.00

CaraPils

2.2

0.4

11.1 %

1.00

Crystal 40L

2.0

8.0

9.00

51.8

Hops

% Wt

Weight (oz)

Hop

Form

AA%

AAU

Boil Time

Utilization

IBU

20.0 %

1.00

Chinook

Whole/Plug

12.0

12.0

60

0.245

44.0

20.0 %

1.00

Cascade

Whole/Plug

6.6

6.6

40

0.215

21.2

20.0 %

1.00

Cascade

Whole/Plug

6.6

6.6

10

0.089

8.8

20.0 %

1.00

Cascade

Whole/Plug

6.6

6.6

0

0.000

0.0

20.0 %

1.00

Chinook

Whole/Plug

12.0

12.0

0

0.000

0.0

5.00

74.0

Yeast: Safale US-05

Steep grains for half an hour at 150, sparge with a gallon at 175.
Recipe calculation courtesy of TastyBrew.